Chapter 178 Return without regrets
After arriving in this time and space, Lange's plan was to stay here for three days. After three days, he would leave directly regardless of whether he got the answer he wanted.
But just after he got the so-called [Wisdom Halo] from Peter, he didn't want to stay any longer and just wanted to escape from this ghost place immediately.
It was already dark, but the lights were still brightly lit in the garage. The sound of clinking parts slipped out from the crack in the door, which was also mixed with Dr. Brown's whispers like chanting.
Lango leaned against the door frame, frowning, watching the doctor holding the blueprint in his hand, working enthusiastically on McQueen, mumbling words, completely immersed in his own scientific research world.
Dozens of hours have passed. Since renting this house, the doctor has not moved much. He is focused on the precious data of this time travel. The outside world seems to have nothing to do with him.
"PhD."
Lange couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but said: "You can give me an accurate time. When can we go back?"
Dr. Brown didn't even raise his head, the pen in his hand was flying on the drawing: "Don't worry Lange, we won't stay here for too long, a month at most. When I sort out all the experience data obtained this time, we will You can go back decades by car.”
"One month?!"
After hearing this, Lange immediately lost his composure. A dozen meters away from their door was the Peter family, and the intelligence-enhancing aura of Meghan and Chris was no joke.
If you stay here for a month, you won't turn into a retarded beast like the Four Horsemen when you go back?
At this thought, Lange no longer cared about the doctor's face and said bluntly: "I respect you doctor very much, but I must tell you that we can't stay in this place for a moment longer."
Immediately, he cut out more than half of the news he learned at Pete's house not long ago and told the old man.
Out of concern for Louise, he avoided the sensitive topic of the descendants of the ancient gods, but emphasized that under the influence of the power of the ancient gods, Chris and Megan had a strange "wisdom halo" covering them. Their range is so wide that anyone who comes into contact with them for a long time may gradually lose their mind and fall into a state of near-dementia.
This trick is quite effective for a scientific research madman like the doctor. At first, he thought Lango was joking, but when he saw Lango's serious face, the smile on his face froze instantly, and a trace of nervousness flashed in his eyes.
"Isn't everything you said true?!"
"I can't even make up such ridiculous things." Lange shook his head helplessly and said seriously, "So for the sake of your wise brain, we'd better leave as soon as possible."
"Shet."
Dr. Brown cursed under his breath, and then accelerated the pace of his work, "Give me one day, just one day, and I promise to sort out all the data."
Seeing that Lange was still hesitant, the doctor hurriedly added: "With the experience of this time travel, as long as the hardware conditions can keep up, I can even manufacture time shuttles in batches when I go back! And him."
The doctor gently patted McQueen, who was hanging in the air and sleeping soundly. "Think about it, Lango. McQueen will not be a simple sports car in the future. In my mind, he will be a sports car in the future." An instrument that can travel through time and space at will. As long as you sit on it, you can go to any era you want! "
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If Rango had heard the news before getting Yuumi, he would have been absolutely delighted, but now even if the timeline is different, it is still in the same world, far less buggy than the magic book at Yuumi's feet that can travel freely to other worlds. .
He sighed softly, finally nodded and agreed to the doctor's request, and decided to stay one more day.
In the dead of night, except for the screams of multiple women coming from Quagma's house one after another, the entire community was immersed in silence.
Rango yawned and was about to go upstairs to rest. Yumi, who had been floating beside him in the corridor, suddenly asked: "Master, have you ever thought that maybe the reason why Teddy is so perverted and vulgar is Is it because he has been in contact with Meghan since he was a child and has been affected by the ‘wisdom halo’?”
"Well, that should be his nature."
"What about you?"
"Me? I was simply led astray by Teddy."
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A night of silence.
In the following time, because of the [Intelligence Halo], Lange deliberately kept a distance from Megan.
Although he was sure that this girl was the sister who would take care of him on behalf of his parents in the future, the misalignment of his memory made it difficult for him to overlap the girl in front of him with the image in his memory, so he simply pretended not to know her, and even if he saw her, it was just for communication.
The same was true for Megan. When this girl was in school, she stood in front of Lango's house and stared at her for a long time, but then she seemed to think of the embarrassing scene where she asked for a kiss and was rejected, and trotted away crying.
In contrast, the rest of Quagma were very enthusiastic. Under their kind invitation, Lango experienced a series of colorful activities:
The few people first went to watch a football game outside the town, and then went to the backyard of Lao Qiao's house to hold a barbecue party. In the evening, they also went to the suburbs to watch a freak show. In the end, the Four Horsemen were unbeatable. For entertainment, I went to the Round Clam Bar and got drunk.
However, after getting along for a day, Lango's doubts about them deepened a lot.
He really didn't understand whether these people were pretending to be crazy or really crazy. Many times, they were very serious one second, but the next second, they would suddenly act like crazy and behave incomprehensibly.
Lange saw with his own eyes that Quagma used his sense of smell to find the newly opened erotic massage parlor in the town, and while watching the freak show, he secretly went backstage and stole an Indian dwarf girl who was only a few dozen centimeters in size.
This guy Pete also took him to visit some talking Mexican rats he raised in the basement. The fat man even threatened the female rats with rent to go to bed with him.
The only ones who were normal were Old Joe and Cleveland, but at the end of the day, Lango also saw many of their shocking behaviors.
Lao Qiao is like a manic-depressive patient. Every time he encounters danger, he is always the first to attack, hoping to die heroically, but because of his strong combat power, he is always unable to die even if he wants to.
As for Cleveland, well, this nigger is almost always the one who suffers from bad luck. He is the one who is unlucky no matter what happens.
What puzzles Lango the most is that, except for Peter, the other three people seem to be aware of the so-called "wisdom halo", but they do not regard it as a scourge like Lango does. Instead, they treat it with a sense of enjoyment. The attitude is to accept the changes it brings and even enjoy it.
In this regard, Lange could only secretly sigh. These four people can become the leaders of the supernatural resistance organization in the future. They really have extraordinary adaptability and endurance.
Time flies, and soon the day has passed.
During this day, Lango fought side by side with the Four Horsemen and experienced many unprecedented novel experiences together. Finally, after declining Quagma's invitation to a party, Lango returned to the garage.
Here, the doctor has remodeled McQueen, and the radio-like instrument in the car has also recorded the frequency coordinates of this space and time. If he is willing, he can come back at any time in the future.
Looking at the big guy who was ready to go, Lange couldn't help but rub his face vigorously. After spending a day with the Four Knights, now he only felt like he had become a bit more beastly than before.
"Come on man."
Teddy was sitting on the center console as usual, urging him. Lange nodded slightly, and the doctor and the two little guys were already in the car, ready to set off. He walked to the driver's seat and was about to open the door when McQueen suddenly shook the rear of the car and said sheepishly: "Boss, before you get in the car, can you help me scratch my itch? My chassis seems to be growing." It’s like herpes, so uncomfortable.”
Lange rolled his eyes speechlessly. He had never heard of machines getting herpes.
He casually picked up the crowbar on the side, squatted down, and gently tapped the McQueen chassis like a pet. However, as soon as he put his hand on it, he noticed something strange. There was something wrong with the touch.
He lowered his head and looked down, and suddenly said in shock: "Meghan?! What are you doing here?"
Meghan was seen holding on to the metal pillars under the McQueen chassis with both hands and feet, her eyes full of fear and determination.
"I want to leave with you."
She pouted and her eyes were firm, "I don't want to stay in this place anymore. I want to follow you to see the outside world."
"Do you know where we are going?" Rango asked with a frown.
Megan shook her head, "I saw Teddy buying wine in the supermarket, and I heard him say that you are leaving tonight. Although I don't know where specifically, you just need to leave Round Clam Town."
Looking at the picture in front of him, although it was extremely ugly, Lange felt a surge of complicated emotions in his heart. He sighed softly and said gently but firmly: "Sorry Meghan, we can't take you with us."
".oh."
Megan was silent for a moment, then slowly loosened the metal bar she was holding on to, and crawled out from under the McQueen chassis.
As if she had long been accustomed to the feeling of being rejected, her face did not reveal too much disappointment. She just lightly dusted off the dust on her body and said to herself: "Actually, I just want to give it a try. I know you won't agree." I, like everyone else in the town, are disgusted and disgusted by everyone, even my parents, no one likes me."
After Megan finished speaking in a whisper, she sincerely apologized to Rango and others, then turned to leave.
Lange looked at her lonely back, and an indescribable emotion surged in his heart. After a moment of silence, he slowly said: "Meghan, do you remember what we said last night."
She turned around, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes: "What?"
Lange came closer, squatted down, and put his hands gently on her shoulders. There was no disgust or disgust in his eyes, only full sincerity: "Don't care about other people's opinions. In the future, there will be a person who will never I despise you, but I will always love you.”
"Is it my husband?"
"No, it's your brother."
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Lange smiled helplessly. Girls of this age seemed to be thinking about love and love.
He patted Megan's little red riding hood and pretended to be mysterious: "Tell you quietly that I do come from the future. In your future, you will have a very handsome and reliable husband, and a super cute daughter."
His words were really not meant to coax her. Emma's delicate and beautiful appearance clearly inherited her father's genes.
Meghan's eyes lit up instantly when she heard this. She did not question Lango's words, but asked expectantly: "Then what is his job?"
"It seems to be a construction contractor."
"Has he ever had an affair after getting married?"
"Well I guess not."
"Then does he love our children?"
"Of course, he is even willing to die for your daughter."
"That's great." Megan's face was filled with a happy smile, and the previous haze was swept away. She continued to ask Lango about the future with great expectation.
Finally, she looked at Lango curiously and asked puzzledly: "Even if you are from the future, how can you know me so well?"
She suddenly took a few steps back and shouted in surprise: "Could it be that...my future husband is you?!"
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Lange shook his head angrily. He had hinted so many times, but this girl still acted like a fool.
He patted Meghan's shoulder lightly and asked, "What do you think, who am I?"
After saying that, before Meghan could react, he turned around and walked towards McQueen. The car door slammed shut, the windows were locked, and McQueen was ready to go.
Dr. Brown looked at the confused Megan beside the car with gentle eyes, turned to Lango and whispered softly: "You really have no regrets about leaving like this?"
Lange didn't answer, and his mind quickly flashed through the past two days in Round Clam Town: the innocent time with Megan, the warm and weird late-night conversations with his parents, and the crazy and unforgettable day with the Four Horsemen.
Especially at the end, Megan's figure determined to follow him under the car made him feel mixed.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he shook his head gently: "It doesn't matter. In order not to leave any regrets, I decided to leave here with regrets."
"OK, let's go." Dr. Brown's finger gently touched the start button and asked everyone: "Ready?"
Lange looked at Megan who was staring at him in the distance, raised his fist to her, made a cheering gesture, and then nodded firmly: "Ready!"
In an instant, McQueen's whole body seemed to be wrapped by invisible power, and arc-shaped lightning jumped on its surface. Then, it suddenly rushed out of the garage like an arrow from a string, so fast that only the body was left in front of Megan's eyes. The next blurry shadow and two fiery tire marks on the road disappeared without a trace.
Megan stood there, her eyes dull, until a woman's sharp shout came from the Quagma house next door, which brought her back to reality from her trance.
Recalling Lango's words, a rare smile gradually appeared on her lips, and her heart was filled with unprecedented joy and expectation.
She skipped towards home, already having the answer in her heart.
Lango is her future child!
(End of chapter)